As long as these properties are not considered commerical (In Ohio 4 units or more), you should be able to get close to the same terms that you get with a convential home loan.

There's MANY reasons I don't like duplexes:Generally, lower class tenants (and that's a deal killer)You're dealing with a commerical property... harder to buy, sell, manage.Your management and maintenance will TRIPLE over a SFH of the same value.SFHs hold value better and you sell them to an end user, NOT and investor..... except typically new investor that are not skilled yet, try to buy duplexes.Also, tenants talk to each other... last thing you want.

@Dori AraziAre you going to refi with a conventional lender or a Commerical lender?

Ive never gotten a RES loan, only Commerical.

Is anyone seeing fixed commerical rates currently? 

@Robert Seed, I like the idea of owning a single C class 25 unit complex, as you mentioned- but as @Curt Smith mentioned, getting that commerical $500,000 loan for a first time investor might be tough.

I would rather go as long as possible with the current tenants before doing the full rehab.Maybe I should just do appraisals and find another commerical/portfolio lender that lets me put a bunch of them into a single loan again.

CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND A LICENSED CONTRACTOR FOR A COMMERICAL BATHROOM PROJECT

I recently contacted a man (Steve) who is experienced in residential flips as well as commerical (hotels).

Hey Orien, there are a lot of sutt under Commerical.